Stockton driver followed, shot

STOCKTON - A 25-year-old man was wounded in south Stockton on Thursday night when a gunman fired a shot through his driver's-side door, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - A 25-year-old man was wounded in south Stockton on Thursday night when a gunman fired a shot through his driver's-side door, authorities said.

The victim was driving to a friend's house about 8 p.m. when he noticed he was being followed by a gray, four-door vehicle, officers said. The victim pulled over near East Worth and California streets. The gray car pulled in front of the victim's vehicle and stopped. A back-seat passenger got out of the gray car, approached the vehicle and fired a single shot through the driver's-side door, striking the victim in the leg, authorities said.

The gunman got back into the gray car and fled in an unknown direction, police said. The victim drove to South Pilgrim and East Anderson streets before calling police. He was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, authorities said.

The gunman was described as a black man in his 20s standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with a black T-shirt and blue jeans, police said.